Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Just a Regular Day on Sentinel Dome

Just a picture today, of an entirely normal day hike up Sentinel Dome on the brink of Yosemite Valley. Well, ok, not an ordinary day. My wife and I got to witness the largest rock fall in Yosemite this year, and then as we made our way down the granite dome, we saw a huge bird (I presume a Redtailed Hawk; I'm open to corrections) perched in a tree at the edge of the cliff. It seemed rather unconcerned about our presence, and I guess was waiting for an unwary chipmunk to come wandering about. I've photographed hawks before, but not from twenty feet away. It was a beautiful creature!

About Me

I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.